[dundee] Starting Scripts and Respawning

[Kris Davidson]

You could have a cronjob call a separate script that does the restart:
So put the script in init.d as usual then have a cron like

*/2 * * * * root /root/bin/keepalive.sh  > /dev/null

Then put something like this in the script:

/usr/bin/pgrep mysqld

if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
    /etc/init.d/mysql restart
fi

obviously cleaning it up a bit.

On 25 March 2011 14:30, Gary Short <gary at garyshort.org> wrote:
> Okay, so I have a script which I want to start when the machine starts, but
> I will also have to start and stop it manually, so I could put it in
> /etc/init.d. But, I also want it to be respawned by the OS if it get’s
> stopped, so I could put it in inittab, but will that allow me to start/stop
> it manually? What is the best way to get a script to have the following
> properties:
>
>
>
> 1.       Start when the machine starts
>
> 2.       Respawn if it is stopped
>
> 3.       Be manually start/stoppable
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help guys.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gary
>
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